transprose

verb

transprose

verb

/tɹænzˈpɹəʊz/ · /tɹɑːnzˈpɹəʊz/

Etymology From trans- + prose.

1

Obsolete To change from verse into prose.

  • Coordinate term: transverse
  • Inſtinct he follvvs and no farther knovvs, / For to vvrite Verſe vvith him is to Tranſproſe.1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 14:

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